tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8261994975895323987.post6158669334695008438..comments2023-12-24T15:12:18.168-08:00Comments on books, etc.: You Are Not a Gadget: a Manifesto / Jaron Lanier -- NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 2010Alan Mattlagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09123037050466769121noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8261994975895323987.post-59850621660718922762010-07-20T12:55:40.799-07:002010-07-20T12:55:40.799-07:00Yes, Surowiecki's thesis in The Wisdom of Crow...Yes, Surowiecki's thesis in <i>The Wisdom of Crowds</i> seems quite important in thinking about the success of Web 2.0 applications. Lanier seems on target when it he calls on us not to accept a dumbed down verison of Surowiecki's thesis, pointing out the limitations that Surowiecki himself recognizes, but I think a lot of valuable work could be done in understanding when a crowd is more effective than experts in arriving at justified beliefs. I suspect a really good analysis of these relationships would show just how to incorporate expert opinion into a wider decision making process.Alan Mattlagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09123037050466769121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8261994975895323987.post-54164025416857999172010-07-06T20:23:06.743-07:002010-07-06T20:23:06.743-07:00Nice last paragraph--his themes sound interesting ...Nice last paragraph--his themes sound interesting if undeveloped & run-roughshod-over. I think I'd like to read *a small bit* of it rather than the whole thing. Not sure about Lanier and 'the wisdom of crowds.' [insert social-sciency-disgruntled sound].Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com